[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] FW: American Airlines keeps mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby

[Jerome Slate]

The military figured this out years ago.
They sold life insurance policies to WW2 soldiers when they entered the 
army.
When a living old soldier reached 96 years old, the policy paid off.
This happened to my father.
He had no trouble cashing the check.

Jerry S.

On 4/28/2024 9:44 PM, Robert Primak via LCTG wrote:
> The same issue caused Windows to jump from 8.1 to 10.0.
>
> -- Bob Primak
>
>
> On Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 05:42:40 PM EDT, John P. Rudy via LCTG 
> <lctg at lists.toku.us> wrote:
>
>
> The two digit year is due to the fact that IBM cards were 80 columns 
> and we didn’t have two more to waste.  That, ultimately, resulted in a 
> bunch of Y2K issues
>
> *From:*LCTG <lctg-bounces+jjrudy1=comcast.net at lists.toku.us> *On 
> Behalf Of *Stan Rose via LCTG
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 28, 2024 5:29 PM
> *To:* lctg at lists.toku.us
> *Subject:* Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] FW: American Airlines 
> keeps mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby
>
> American Airlines’s Sabre system was the first user of the IBM 
> Mainframe transaction processing system, cleverly named TPS. Since 
> this was implemented in the early 1960s, I’m sure this used the common 
> 2-digit date notation and would have had the referenced problem.
>
> Since then, Sabre was spun off into a separate company, called of all 
> things, the Sabre Corporation.  I believe AA now uses the IATA NDC 
> system for booking, but it is accessed via the Sabre system APIs. So, 
> it is very possible that the problem is a remnant of the old Sabre 
> system bug.
>
> Stan
>
> *From:*LCTG <lctg-bounces+rosesta=gmail.com at lists.toku.us> *On Behalf 
> Of *Donald Cooke via LCTG
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 28, 2024 4:30 PM
> *To:* Ken Pogran <pogran at alum.mit.edu>
> *Cc:* lctg at lists.toku.us
> *Subject:* Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] FW: American Airlines 
> keeps mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby
>
> Recall that AA pioneered Sabre in 1960. The first online reservation 
> system. I wonder if this "feature" was introduced back then?
>
> Don Cooke, Site 523, 603.219.9259
>
> On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 1:14 PM Ken Pogran via LCTG 
> <lctg at lists.toku.us> wrote:
>
>     Is it American Airlines or is it "the airport computer system"
>     that's to blame? The article mentions both and is ambiguous on
>     that point. And the reporter does not seem to have bothered to
>     contact American Airlines for comment.
>
>     On the other hand, I'm glad the last time I traveled by air with
>     my dad (on American, as it happens) he was only 96.
>
>     Ken Pogran
>
>     carllazarus--- via LCTG wrote on 4/28/24 2:43 PM:
>
>         Is American Airlines software really that primitive?  This is
>         almost a Y2K problem.
>
>         -- Carl
>
>         Carl Lazarus
>
>         H: 617-964-7241
>
>         carllazarus at comcast.net
>
>         American Airlines keeps mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby
>         https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wz7pvvjypo
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